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Cosmos: Possible Worlds

The challenge, was tofind a chemical fuse that would light thenuclear chain reaction,...

The challenge, was to
find a chemical fuse that would light the
nuclear chain reaction, first imagined by
Leo Szilard in London

Full Transcript

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The challenge, was to find a chemical fuse that
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would light the nuclear chain reaction,
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first imagined by Leo Szilard in London.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:14
Uploaded
Jun 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
10
Genres
documentary, animation, family

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Movie Summary

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" returns for a second season. Ann Druyan, original creative collaborator to Carl Sagan, serves as executive producer.
S01 • E02 And if it is, does it have the power to write epic tales of heroism and saintliness? - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
And if it is, does it have the power to write epic tales of ...
S01 • E07 That pushing and shoving is not meant to be hostile. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:04
That pushing and shoving is not meant to be hostile.
S01 • E03 He wanted to be cremated and - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
He wanted to be cremated and
S01 • E01 Huygens became the first to see that Saturn's rings did not - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Huygens became the first to see that Saturn's rings did...
S01 • E04 This increasingly long neck of the giraffe was due to random - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
This increasingly long neck of the giraffe was due to random
S01 • E13 I know of one lost world that flourished for - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
I know of one lost world that flourished for
S01 • E07 The workers are putting the queen on a rigorous - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
The workers are putting the queen on a rigorous
S01 • E08 This approach, known as "“Direct Ascent," - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
This approach, known as "“Direct Ascent,"
S01 • E11 Now, imagine the cosmic telescope of another civilization. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Now, imagine the cosmic telescope of another civilization.
S01 • E09 TYSON: It's the rarest of events, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
TYSON: It's the rarest of events,
S01 • E05 When the microbes living at the center of this vast mat get hungry, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
When the microbes living at the center of this vast mat get ...
S01 • E10 The scientists and engineers told themselves that they - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:10
The scientists and engineers told themselves that they
S01 • E03 Made of the thing he believed to be the stuff of life, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
Made of the thing he believed to be the stuff of life,
S01 • E13 They left behind a written language that no one has ever - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
They left behind a written language that no one has ever
S01 • E12 There was a person called the "iceman." - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
There was a person called the "iceman."
S01 • E11 Say, one that's 5,000 lightyears from Earth. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
Say, one that's 5,000 lightyears from Earth.
S01 • E06 That when we stepped down on the lunar surface for the first time, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:07
That when we stepped down on the lunar surface for the first...
S01 • E07 When everything's ready, - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:06
When everything's ready,
S01 • E08 One version of the story goes, two space scientists had kept - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:09
One version of the story goes, two space scientists had kept
S01 • E04 This had been Charles Darwin's revolutionary insight. - Cosmos: Possible Worlds 00:05
This had been Charles Darwin's revolutionary insight.